Bird Strike Pics

mrivc211 · April 16th, 2006, 15:26

I had a bird strike last week going into CRQ and it made me think about this nasty one, one of our brasilias had last year going into KIPL. Here are some pics of it. It was hit at 9pm at night at approx 6,000'.

mrivc211 · April 16th, 2006, 15:27

more pics of it

mrivc211 · April 16th, 2006, 15:28

here they are

E_Dawg · April 16th, 2006, 17:49

Mmmmm. Chicken!

LPLArunway150 · April 17th, 2006, 11:46

Check out this picture: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0923668/L/
It's amazing!
LPLArunway15

mrivc211 · April 19th, 2006, 01:57

I once marshalled in an RJ and saw a blotch of blood slightly bigger than a bowling ball about an inch above the captains window. Scary thing was it seemed like a big bird, and they had no idea they had hit it.

aloft · April 19th, 2006, 03:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by LPLArunway150

Check out this picture: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0923668/L/
It's amazing!
LPLArunway15

If you look carefully, to the left of the body parts, you can see a pinkish cloud of bird goo.

Ian J · April 19th, 2006, 10:25

Flying low-level in Iraq one day we spooked a whole flock of birds right into our formation. We all evaded pretty successfully except one of our ships who took a few direct hits. The grossest was a bird who crashed right through the PICs windscreen and literally blew-up on his helmet and visor (thank god his visor was down!) Another bounced down the right side and impaled itself on the door-gun, effectively clogging it with bird goo. Troopers that they were, the continued the mission and eventually landed down in Kuwait. The PIC was absolutely drenched in goo, blood, and guts, and the lower part of his face was incredibly wind-burned thanks to not having a windscreen for the last few hours of the mission.

On a different mission, I actually lanced a bird with one of my pitot tubes!

April 16th, 2006, 15:26	#1
mrivc211 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,061	Bird Strike Pics I had a bird strike last week going into CRQ and it made me think about this nasty one, one of our brasilias had last year going into KIPL. Here are some pics of it. It was hit at 9pm at night at approx 6,000'.

April 16th, 2006, 15:28	#3
mrivc211 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,061	last ones here they are

April 16th, 2006, 17:49	#4
E_Dawg Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 4,311	Mmmmm. Chicken! __________________ Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.

April 17th, 2006, 11:46	#5
LPLArunway150 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lajes, Terceira Island, Azores Posts: 11	Bird Strike Check out this picture: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0923668/L/ It's amazing! LPLArunway15

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April 16th, 2006, 15:27	#2
mrivc211 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,061	more pics of it

April 19th, 2006, 01:57	#6
mrivc211 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,061	I once marshalled in an RJ and saw a blotch of blood slightly bigger than a bowling ball about an inch above the captains window. Scary thing was it seemed like a big bird, and they had no idea they had hit it.

April 19th, 2006, 10:25	#8
Ian J Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 6,091 Blog Entries: 7	Flying low-level in Iraq one day we spooked a whole flock of birds right into our formation. We all evaded pretty successfully except one of our ships who took a few direct hits. The grossest was a bird who crashed right through the PICs windscreen and literally blew-up on his helmet and visor (thank god his visor was down!) Another bounced down the right side and impaled itself on the door-gun, effectively clogging it with bird goo. Troopers that they were, the continued the mission and eventually landed down in Kuwait. The PIC was absolutely drenched in goo, blood, and guts, and the lower part of his face was incredibly wind-burned thanks to not having a windscreen for the last few hours of the mission. On a different mission, I actually lanced a bird with one of my pitot tubes!